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Chapter 11: Stylizing Your Map for Presentations and Publishing
Working with Layouts
The rest of this chapter is devoted to learning how best to create a layout, move around in the
Layout window, and customize your layout using a variety of options.
Working in the Layout Window
The Layout window functionality includes a number of options to help make it easier to design and
create your layouts.
Adding a Maximized Window to a Layout
You can put a maximized Map window into a frame in a Layout. The frame object’s dimensions are
created according to the Map window’s size instead of the page layout size. MapInfo Professional
also allows the map’s image to completely fill the frame, preserving the map’s center and zoom
settings. If you double-click on the frame, you will notice that the Frame Object dialog box has a
check box: Fill Frame with Contents. This allows the map image to fill the entire frame. The box is
checked by default for all Map windows in frames.
Aligning Objects in the Layout Window
To align one or more objects in the Layout window:
1. Do one of the following:
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Choose one object
Hold down the Shift key and click several objects
In the File menu, click Select All to select all of the objects in the Layout
2. Choose Layout > Align Objects. The Align Objects dialog box displays. Use the dialog box's
drop-down lists to specify your vertical and horizontal settings.
3. Choose the desired horizontal and vertical settings.
4. Click OK. The selected objects align according to the settings you specified.
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Your alignment settings are saved from one use to the next within a session. Be sure to
check both the vertical and horizontal settings before you click OK.
Getting Around in the Layout Window
The Layout window includes a rule along the top and left side of the window to assist you when
resizing and positioning frames. To hide the rule, on the Layout menu, click Options. The Layout
Display Options dialog box displays. Clear the Show Rules check box.
If you are creating a multi-page layout, MapInfo Professional displays the page breaks by default. If
you wish to turn off the page breaks, clear the Show Page Breaks box in the Options dialog box.
Controlling Zoom Level
MapInfo Professional displays the Layout window at a zoom level that is a fraction of the actual size
of the printed layout. The zoom level is represented as a percent of actual size in the lower left
corner of the status bar.
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